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  1. Happy Jack
    Ahem ... it doesn't help that the first two fretless basses you tried were a Wal Mk.II and a Veillette! That's set the bar a bit on the high side, I fear. Ebanol doesn't sound the same as ebony, but it's a pretty good sound in its own right. If you didn't like the VM I doubt it was the sound of the board that was putting you off. Rounds give far more mwah, and plenty of beginners prefer them simply because of that - it's easier to make it "sound like a fretless". To my ears, a fretless sounds far better with flats on but half-rounds or groundwounds really do offer a decent compromise. The set-up is also key, since the difference between low and high action is (IMHO) accentuated on a fretless bass. One final point - you need to play with the right line-up to really enjoy fretless. If you play with other instruments which can also involve dodgy intonation (slide guitar, violin, etc.) then the potential for appalling discord is always there.
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    I tried writing stuff on my bass guitar too, but a nitro finish is a bugger for ball-point pen.
  3. Happy Jack
    He's allowed to be in more than one band, as are we all.
  4. Happy Jack
    [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1401193396' post='2460958'] Status Graphite is the obvious choice there, either a whole bass or one one of their necks to retro-fit [/quote] Or maybe an old Modulus? In truth, when I play fretless I don't actually [i][b]think [/b][/i]of it as "playing fretless" ... I'm just playing bass. I'm really not a good bassist in a technical sense, and I don't play in a different way because I happen to be playing a bass without frets. The fact that the sound/tone/mwah/whatever is different from playing a fretted bass doesn't really grab me, since I have several different types of fretted bass and they all have a different sound/tone/mwah/whatever too.
  5. Happy Jack
    I assume that a Bista is an Irish Bitsa? Or is it some sort of gravy?
  6. Happy Jack
    [quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1401145456' post='2460632'] I thought that this was going to be about Quasimodo. Oh well. [/quote] Me too. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/hunchback_zps3419e442.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/hunchback_zps3419e442.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musical-Instrument-/231231870982?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Outboards_Effects_MJ&hash=item35d67e5806
  8. Happy Jack
    In preparation, but likely to be rather later in the year than previously.
  9. Happy Jack
    I'll take that Davey. PM coming.
  10. Happy Jack
    [quote name='bengreen49' timestamp='1400230943' post='2452004'] Being a bit harsh aren't you? Just a bunch of young lads. [/quote] [color=#666666][font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]London metal band DIREVARGS are seeking a lead guitarist and bass player! We are a dedicated and proactive band looking to launch ourselves to an international audience (and beyond) in this coming year. [/size][/font][/color] [font=verdana, arial, sans-serif][size=3]So they're a dedicated and proactive band that just don't have two key personnel. Make that a very small bunch of young lads then ...[/size][/font]
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    http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/metal-band-seeks-lead-guitarist-bass-player/1062603235
  12. Happy Jack
    I'll take one of those Dave. Preferably the Sound City one cos it looks a bit cleaner. PM coming.
  13. Happy Jack
    [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1400147465' post='2451130'] And you think my thoughts and comments partial..? [/quote] I feel sure that your comments are complete.
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    [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1400075579' post='2450482'] Call me a cynic (I know that I am...I question everything) but I wouldn't personally place much weight in a standard music mag review. [/quote] But that's exactly why they rate Barefaced so highly, don't you see? Barefaced don't place much weight.
  15. Happy Jack
    [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1400072164' post='2450435'] Says they're wonderfully well made and sound great...and that's the Gen2 cabs not the new ones. (I don't own a BF cab btw) [url="http://www.guitar-bass.net/gear/barefaced-midget-t-review/"]http://www.guitar-ba...idget-t-review/[/url] [/quote] Bah! They only give the Super12 a 94% rating and the Midget T a 97% rating. Pathetic review. Completely fails to complain about finish, handles or feet. Doesn't mention how much better all the competition is. Manages to avoid using words like [i]fanboi [/i]or cheerleader. Instead, they have the temerity to write a genuinely impartial review based on the quality of these bass cabs when used as bass cabs. Hopeless. Call that journalism?
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    [color=#a52a2a][i][font=Arial, sans-serif, Verdana][size=3]The bass was imported from Japan last year, directly from Fujigen, it's has never been played and 100% mint, it's like the Rolls Royce of Bass guitars. [/size][/font] [font=Arial, sans-serif, Verdana][size=3]The bass itself retails at the price of £1,999.00 so a real bargain is to be had here.[/size][/font][/i][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif, Verdana][size=3]So no hint of hype or over-selling there then ...[/size][/font][/color]
  17. Happy Jack
    [quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1400049994' post='2450124'] Drums are unidirectional ... [/quote] I'm guessing that was supposed to be "omnidirectional"?
  18. Happy Jack
    [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1400005118' post='2449852'] I do think, and this is not an attack, that the postage for the small cabs should come down. [/quote] They charge by volume ...
  19. Happy Jack
    No wish to de-rail your topic, but I just followed your link and read this: [color=#b22222]Do you have a silverface Twin Reverb Amp or Dual Showman Reverb Amp with the serial number A23373? A lot of people do and here’s a plausible explanation based on the evidence. Sometime in 1970, Fender ordered a bunch of Twin Reverb/Dual Showman Reverb chasses from their supplier. The machine that stamped the serial number into the back of the chassis got stuck on number A23373 and a lot of pieces were stamped with this number. It would have been very costly to destroy these units so two remedies were implemented. First, a foil sticker containing a 4-digit serial number was affixed to the chassis over the A23373. Unfortunately, these often peeled off or were removed by the amp’s owner thus revealing the A23373 number. The second thing that was done was the addition of another number stamped into the chassis as a suffix to the A23373 serial number, e.g. A23373-155. So how many of these chasses were made? Well, for the 4-digit serials affixed on a foil sticker, numbers as low as 0127 and has high as 3765 have been observed. Assuming they were all used sequentially and starting at 0100, there would be around 3700 non-master volume silverface Twin Reverbs and Dual Showman Reverbs out there. The amps that received the stamped suffix must also be added to this sub-total. The lowest suffix observed to date is A23373-39 and the highest is A23379-2916. Assuming the suffixes started with -01 and went to -3000, there would be around 3000 of these floating around. Of course, this is all hypothetical, but still plausible.[/color] Wonderful stuff, I'm still falling about laughing ...
  20. Happy Jack
    That bass is identical to the one I foolishly sold some years ago. I spent ages trying to replace it and finally found one in green. If you don't know about the SB320, this is a truly staggering amount of bass for the money - very high build quality, superb tone, light weight, hugely under-rated. I had mine strung with LaBella FLs (flatwounds) and it was absolutely righteous. At £200, this is probably one of the best VFM basses you'll see on Basschat this year.
  21. Happy Jack
    [quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1399895113' post='2448672'] Any drawbacks to an e-kit? I can't really think of any myself. [/quote] 1. Drummers hate them. 2. They're much harder to fix when they go wrong. A couple of G-clamps and some gaffa tape simply won't work. 3. You can't use brushes, and mallets aren't good either. 4. Giving a drummer something with knobs, switches and functions can backfire ...
  22. Happy Jack
    http://alienaudio.us/
  23. Happy Jack
    Interesting range of opinions expressed, but I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that usually it's the instrument that chooses the player. I've done no scientific research, but my feeling is that there are people who are just naturally guitarists, and people (like me) who are just naturally bass players.
  24. Happy Jack
    Now shown as Free Delivery so I guess the listing has changed ... Incidentally, if I ever wanted a bass to hang on a wall as a work of art then this one would probably do the trick. I would certainly prefer to look at it than try to play it.
  25. Happy Jack
    The Junkyard Dogs uses a decent Roland V-Drums kit for gigs where volume is an issue, i.e. we use e-drums to play more quietly. Our PA could easily cope with putting the e-drums through it but we prefer not to. Instead, the drummer goes through a stand-alone StudioMaster PAX12, a powered wedge chiefly intended for on-stage foldback. That means that he runs out of headroom far sooner than he would like (this is a good thing) and once he runs out of knobs to twist to 11 he simply can't get any louder. Once he stops getting louder, so does the band. Works for us ...
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